Enrolment will reopen in June 2019

​The Horror and Thriller Creative Writing Course will guide you through the whole process of writing your novel - from producing ideas, to planning and developing, to approaching the first draft, rewriting your novel, and what to do once you're finished In addition to this, the course will help you develop writing skills that will improve your work.

The course is entirely online, and enrolment opens June 2019.

The Course Structure

Module One: Meet Your Instructor

Module Two: The Genre

Session 1: What is genre, and what are tropes?

Session 2: Horror Subgenres and Tropes

Session 3: Thriller Subgenres and Tropes

Session 4: How to Stand Out Whilst Staying the Same

Module Three: Planning Your Novel

Session 1: Coming Up With Ideas

Session 2: Researching Your Novel

Session 3: Developing Your Characters

Session 4: The Three-Act Structure

​Module Four: The Writing and Redrafting Process

​Session 1: Approaching Your First Draft

Session 2: The Redrafting Process

​Session 3: Redrafting Structure

Session 4: Redrafting Prose

Module Five: Writing Techniques

Session 1: What to Expect in This Module

Session 2: Creativity

Session 3: General Rules to Break or Follow

​Session 4: Point of View

Session 5: Style

Session 6: Chekhov's Gun

Session 7: Linear Vs Non-Linear Narrative

Session 8: Dialogue

Session 9: Setting

Session 10: Theme

Session 11: Rhetoric

Session 12: Series Writing and Arcs

Module Six: Working With an Editor

Session 1: What Different Editors Do and Where to Find Them

Session 2: Organising Editor's Feedback

Module Seven: After You've Finished Your Novel

Session 1: Traditional Vs Independent Publishing

Session 2: Publishing Independently

​Session 3: Publishing Through an Agent

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